Introduction
Health and safety (H&S) has been defined as
“regulations and procedures intended to prevent accident or injury in workplaces or public environments” (Oxford Dictionary, 2016).
Using this definition, the purpose of this study is to use the existing literature to investigate what the H&S considerations are sporting events in order to understand the associated managerial problems. Due to H&S having such a broad scope covering many subjects and issues, this study addresses the H&S considerations at sporting events from a risk management perspective, focusing heavily on the legislation and tools in place to deal with the associated H&S at sporting events.
The incentive for this study is to develop a sound understanding of what H&S is and how it is implemented into sporting events. The bulk of this research focuses on crowds, gaps in research and the methods used to control crowds at sporting events. Furthermore, the differences between H&S according to indoor versus outdoor sporting events will be investigated.
This study focuses on sporting events, both indoor and outdoor are included. The topic of H&S is complex with many areas to be explored, as such, the use of literature in this study largely focuses on major sporting events. However, a range of other event types is incorporated to fully investigate the H&S safety considerations at sporting events. No water based, or winter sporting events have been included, nor have events that integrate animals.
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Identifying what the risks are will enable a sports manager to develop a plan of action to decrease the liability to the organization. This can be done through yearly audits of physical facilities, athletic programs, current emergency procedures or protocol, and employees of the organization. Furthermore, identifying areas of risk is an ongoing process that needs to be a priority for sport and recreational managers (Wolohan, 2013). The risks associated with the physical structure of buildings and bodily injury are usually the main focus of assessments. The non-tangible aspect of identifying risk is to assess employees of an organization. Performing criminal background checks and drug testing of potential hires and current employees is highly recommended (Wolohan, 2013). Within any organization there is the potential for sexual harassment, discrimination, intentional torts, assault, battery, and wrongful termination to name a few (Wolohan, 2013). Therefore, identifying
Many sport accidents occur as a result of activities taking place in unsafe or inappropriate facilities. Learning to recognize potentially dangerous situations is therefore an important responsibility for any coach. Prior to the start of the season the coach should ensure that the facility meets minimum safety standards and also plan that the facility should be inspected regularly and maintained in safe condition. A coach should also undertake an accurate equipment inventory at the start of the season to establish the status of equipment and ensure that the correct amount of protective equipment is available and that the equipment fits their participants.
The environmental issues are one of the most overwhelming issues of today due to the consequences of global warming and climate changes. Given with the global environmental concerns at hand ,various aspects of the human activities has been scrutinized, from economic, social, scientific, technological, academic, medical, social, political, and social aspects. One of the interactions in the human dynamics that has been associated with environment, where its consequences and impacts are scrutinized and assessed, is the sports. Sport is one of the biggest sources of enjoyment and recreation for billions of people around the world. While there are some that actively participate in various sports, majority of the people around the globe serve as spectators of these events. However, the love of man to sports is coupled with consequences and responsibilities.
Outcome 1 Understanding the different responsibilities relating to health and safety in social care settings.
1.2 Explain how health and safety is monitored and maintained and how people in the work setting are made aware of risks and hazards and encouraged to work safely.
When working in the setting it is important that you follow all policies and procedures. The health and safety polices include safe guarding, staff development and training and admissions. In the setting they work with the local safeguarding children board, this means that we protect the children and all staff are fully trained. In the setting it is important to make sure that all the staff and volunteers have a DBS check and are suitable to work with children. It is also important that staff are always reminded of the policies and procedures by reading some every month. It is also important that staff are given courses to attend to make sure that they are all up to
For years’ sports venue have been having problems with safety and risk management with fans and facility. The four steps a sports venue could take to avoid risk injury to fans attending games are identifying the risk, contain the risk, make sure you have insurance, and try to avoid the risk
There are numerous factors that can influence health and safety in sport. Health and Safety has developed over time and therefore there have also been a number of different legislative factors introduced to minimise hazards and risks and some of these can be associated with sport.
The Healthy And Safety Work act is a law that states that at every work place has to have regular checks in their workplace to see if everything is safe to work with especially in an engineering workplace. There needs to be regular risk assessments and maintenance checks on machines. If these checks were not in place employees can get really badly injured which is dangerous and makes it all the more reason to have it in place.
Many safety restrictions have been made to lower the amount of injuries. Some of these
The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 - or HASAWA, provides the basis for all health and safety regulations in any workplace. Whilst those regulations may relate to a range of health and safety
One thing is true for all consultants; if we have any work, we have clients! One of the most important parts of our work is maintaining and enhancing our relationships with our clients. Maintaining and growing these relationships makes the time spent on a project more enjoyable, satisfying and effective. Improved relationships also improves the chance that we will get referrals and future business. The following are ten things you can do to improve these important business relationships, and some suggestions on how to get started.1. Have a clear contract with your client.This is the number one guideline for a successful client engagement. Without a clear contract neither you nor your
On the other hand, Zanko and Dawson (2012) noted that certain management system also exists which are not bothered about the security measures installed within the organization. Such organization treats their employees as just a machine of producing output for the organization. Researcher's comments that management should ensure all the safety measures as mentioned in the Health and Safety act 1974.
Similarly, as per the Health and Safety Executive 1991, organization needs to manage all health and safety measures of the same degree and standard as other core activities of that business firm [Available from: http://www.atl.org.uk/health-and-safety/legal-framework/health-safety-legislation.asp, 21st November 2012].
By rationale a multi-sport event requires numerous facilities to cater each sporting requirement, given the rarity for a single city or region to accommodate permanent or temporary facilities (Davies, 2006). On the whole, mono-sport events are hosted in existing facilities although counter to that statement is large-scale mono-event such as FIFA Football World Cup, thus responsibilities are attributed to organising committees. Taking this division between multi-sports and mono-sports it is easy to understand how management of multi-sports is more difficult due to external requirements, be that: organising specialists, sporting bodies, increased staffing costs and budget management throughout infrastructure (Downward, Dawson and Dejonghe, 2009)..